Orphé Mbina

Orphé Mbina
Personal information
Full name Patrick Orphé Mbina
Date of birth (2000-11-02) 2 November 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth Libreville, Gabon[1]
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Maribor
Number 99
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–2018 Stade Mandji
2018–2019 US Colomiers II
2019–2020 Béziers II 9 (5)
2020 Béziers 2 (0)
2020–2021 Grenoble 1 (0)
2021–2022 Beauvais 18 (1)
2022–2023 Chamalières 29 (17)
2023–2024 Nîmes 30 (8)
2024– Maribor 15 (5)
International career‡
2023– Gabon 4 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 12 October 2024

Patrick Orphé Mbina (born 2 November 2000) is a Gabonese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor and the Gabon national team.

Club career

On 21 August 2020, Mbina signed a contract with Grenoble Foot 38.[2] He made his senior debut with Grenoble in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to Amiens SC on 17 October 2020.[3]

On 22 July 2021, he moved to Beauvais.[4] He stayed there for one season, before signing with Chamalières on 28 June 2022.[5]

In July 2023, Mbina signed his first professional contract with Nîmes, for three years, having scored 17 goals for Chamalières during the 2022–23 Championnat National 2 season.[6][7]

On 26 July 2024, Mbina joined Slovenian PrvaLiga club Maribor on a three-year contract until 2027 for an alleged transfer fee of €300,000.[8]

International career

Mbina was called up to the Gabon national team for a set of 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in September 2023.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Orphé Mbina (Player)". national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  2. ^ "National 2. Le mercato complet des clubs du groupe D".
  3. ^ "Amiens SC vs. Grenoble Foot 38". Soccerway. 17 October 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  4. ^ "#MERCATO UN ATTAQUANT DE L2 TESTÉ... ET APPROUVÉ" (in French). AS Beauvais Oise. 22 July 2021.
  5. ^ "N2, N3: De nouvelles recrues officialisées". foot-national.com (in French). 28 June 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Un ancien beauvaisien signe pro à Nîmes" (in French). Tribune Beauvaisienne. 5 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Nîmes Olympique: Orphé Mbina, que le charme opère !". Midi Libre (in French). 2 August 2023.
  8. ^ J. B. (26 July 2024). "Mariborčani potrdili novo okrepitev". Sportklub (in Slovenian). Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Gabon: la liste contre la Mauritanie avec Aubameyang, sans 2 absents de taille". afrik-foot.com. 19 August 2023.